If thirst has a color (poem)

Me with some fabulous
future teachers at Troy University-Dothan.Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Cheriee at Library Matters for Roundup.

It's been a busy week for me with travels to Troy, AL and Dothan, AL... and next up Auburn, AL! Then next week Charles Waters comes to Alabama, and we have quite a few groups we'll be working with in addition to dashing down to Mobile, AL, for some research on our work-in-progress.

I'm taking it one day at a time, focusing on gratitude. It's an honor to be asked to share my life and stories with others... so far on this busy spring stretch, I've taken good care of myself. Looking forward, it helps to know that on several ventures I will have friends/loved ones joining me. Yay!

I offer you my latest ArtSpeak: RED poem below!



<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } </style> <br />--> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>if thirst has a color</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">its color is red</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">its sound, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a lion's roar</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">thirst is gritty </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">as sand between my toes</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">its scent </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">is burnt almonds</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">it tastes </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">blade-sharp<br /><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">the moment<br />before water<br /><br />whisper-drips</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">onto my lips</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>- Irene Latham</i></div>------<br />Readers, have you ever been thirsty, so thirsty? What does it taste like to YOU? (That was the hardest sense for me to find in this poem!)